Purse structure



March 14, 1944. Q KQM|N|K I 2,344,310

PURS E STRUCTURE Filed May 22, 1943 PENNlEs N cme Ls sasiavno N VEN TOR.

' l 07'7'0 KOM/NIK.

Patented Mar. 14, 1944 rA'rENT OFFICEv 2,344,310 #UaSESrUCTURE otto V'lnroiliin-i. Newro'lk, N. Y.

Y e elaine. (ci. 15o- 37) I This invention, relates tarmac structures., and in particulartocom rs'.

Coins. preferably oism. denominations. vs /.ere heretofore carried in coin.' .holdersy arranged therein either ndenendentlr; 0.1:` in Contact with. oneA another, and inunerpvsd ROSLIl and were held. in. place therein by..V means of; metal springs formed so as to. embrace. or. surround the rim or another part of the coin, or to pressaid coinstogether. and against anjabntment plate.

'The nurse or coin holderjaccording to thsjinvention is devoid of any metal springsandtends to" overcome manifvr 'disadvantages inherent. in the structure of auxiliary. spring'. means for re.- leasably holding coi'sfin, a coin receptacle or compartment thereof.

It is'one of the main objects of this invention to'pr'ovide' a purse or" coin `hlderfwliich may'be manufactured freni leather,` relatively stiff-ce1- llose'inaterial and tht like andf'which requires siibstantially' no rnetalparts' forits function and act'iearuse. f

LA:It is` another object ot the present invention to `provide apurseof vthe aforesaid typewhieh is' inexpensive 'to manutentore; 'simpele 'une 'coim- 1J`e4`i1g`i1y constructinarid "'iifitvliichboins are "conveni'ently and ele'arlyl anged orbein'g'gfrasped and' nampil'aidf'by wenn" rs 'ofro'n han@ bnl-L It is a further object.. of the present invention to'po'vde iil hblde? which.' isvngm' in Weight, aesthetio'in' forman@ appear i' permits ready gfasline 'and tins. iherefromalthoiigh the. Same rfhld. in rni engagement theeinl' venir f. iasaftelflthcreinvidea purs ein; de imm relatirely Bexiblathlri, andina nn. clinematerial inlaraf formation,` the layers. being. held in position by fastening, means. which at. the same time conf stitutethelateral coniines of. each compartment of said purse.

'These andv other objects and advantages of the' invention Vviull' appear from the following disclosuretheredi together 'with the attached Yetfanother @Dieet Qt this, intention ,i0 P rQ- l along drawing which illustrates a. certain form of, embodiment thereof.vv ThisH rm'is' Shown for the purpose` of illustrating` the" inventionsince the same has been found `in` practice to givesatisfactory and reliable results, although it'is 'tdbe understood that the variousv insitrimentalitie of which thelinvention consists eanbe variously arranged and organized and that the invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and organization o f the instruinentalities as herein shQWn and described.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a plan vievv of one embodiment of this invention showingv a circular coinl holder, parts thereof being broken away,

Fig. 2 isa sectional view taken'along 1ine 2`2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan View of a modified coin holder made in accordance with this invention.

. Fig. '4 is aperspective' view of a coin holder incorporated ina oase and made; in accordance with' this invention."

"Fig v5 is a sectional View of the coin holder il "'stated in Fig. "4, the" section being taken y* "one coin compartment and a staple connirg another compartment.

Figs.-6 and 7 'show' fragrientary views of an internal part of the' eirculacoin holder' of Fi. 1in' tw'o different'stages'.

` In that embodiment'of the invention illustrated in Figs.' 1 and 2, there isindieat'ed by riun'ieral i5 a lcircular and flat coin holder made" vfrorn eeveral layers of leather' or sirnilarwrelatively stii, but yieldable'and frictionproducing material. 'com holder l5 is' prii'ded'witn ahumber of cut-outs or notches Iandr'offrounded projections I1 forming the remaining portions of said layers at their outer boundary. v`(The coin holder I5 comprises the inner layers I9, 27,0 which are attached or fixed together by means of staples I'S arranged ineircnlarv rowjand position, as indicated in Fig. 1. "On' the upper 'and/lowr er facese'of joined'layers IQ, 20, there are lprow vided respective 'tori layers 2iy 22'itvhi'ch are adhesively or otherwise united respectively` to faces of said` joined or' stapled inner layers, thereby covering the latter and concealingsaid"staples I8. It is to be understood that all layers are v preierably coextensive withoneanother and are of congruent or corresponding'shapes. y

It will be realized irornr Figs. 1 4and 2', that maken 2i are Navidad v vhsh radially extend between said inner. layers frontah`riotch` l5, the depthof each pocket being determined er two adjacent staples i8, each pocket serving for the purpose of receiving a coin 23.

Due to this construction, each coin is held very tightly and with friction flatwise and independently in the respective pocket whose walls upon insertion of the coin have the tendency to slightly bulge, as indicated at 24.

Due to the fact that according to this invention4 differently grained leather layers may be held together in their assembled condition, any stretch imparted to the leather layers during the insertion of each coin is substantially maintained, but is then compensated for upon withdrawal or removal of the respective coin.

The leather layers may also be biased in a different manner so as to overcome the consequences resulting from stretches exerted when coins are being inserted in the pockets of the coin holder. To this eiect, the inner layers may be provided with a cut-out BI (Figs.v 6 and 7) intermediate adjacentknotches I6 at inner layer 60 and its adjacent layer, which both layers are then joinedby staples 62, 63, contracting portionsof saidin'ner vlayers at the location of said staples or joining means S2, B3 thereby obtaining a predetermined bias or compression of the pocket walls formed by the inner layers toward each other which in turn are thereafter covered by outer layers, as described in connection with coin holder I5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows a modiiied-coin holder which is similar in construction to that of Fig; 1. Coin holder 30 has differently shaped notches 3| and diilerently shaped projections 32 providing therebetween respectivepockets for insertion of coins 34, the pockets being laterally confined by staples 33. Coin holder 30 is adapted to hold coins of different denominations, such Vas pennies, nickels, dimes and`quarters`. f Figs. 4' and 5 show the application of the invention to several coin holders 4l, 42 associated with a case 40. Coin holders'4l and 42 are hingedly'and swingably connected at,43,744 to the inner face '45 ofthe iiaps 46, 41 of case 40. Layers 4|a and 4|b are made up similar to inner layers I9, 20 of. coin holder of Fig. 1, are connected togetherby staples 50a and have the outer or covering layers 4lc, 4ld and are provided with notches 48 forming the open ends of respective pockets which are laterally confined by means of spaced staples 50a. It is well understood that coin holderA 42 corresponds to the shape, construction and function of coin holder 4|. Case 40 has the snap fasteners 5l, lila, the latter being positioned on flap 52 which is swingably connected tothe base flap 41 of case 40.

By manipulation of the snap fasteners 5I, Sla.

case 40 may be closed. It is well understood that the center portions of the inner llayers may be adhesively or otherwise connected together in order to give body to the fstructur'e. It can be further easily realized that additional layersV having smaller diameters can Abe built up on the coin holder of Fig. 1 which may be used, for instance, for holding dimes or coins of other denominations, the structural features being always based on the same conception of this invention.

It can thus be seen that there has been provided in :accordance` with this invention a coin holder of'the character described which comprises a structure of layers, inner layers and outer layers,y respectively, said layers being made of yieldable but `vrelativc'ely stii material, such as leather, spaced apart notches provided at the outer boundary of said layers and inwardly extending therefrom, projections intermediate said notches, and spaced apart fastening or attaching means, such as staples, joining the inner layers together and disposed at said projections of said inner layers whereby single compartments are formed therebetween, each of said compartments providing an opening along the contour of a respective notch and between adjacent parts of said inner'layers whichA form the walls of said compartment', each of saidv compartments being confined by two adjacent of said staples which may form lateral abutments for a, coin when inserted in a respective compartment, the outer layers covering said staples and said joined lnner layers and being connected to the latter to reinforce said structure, said coin being concealed in said compartment and extending to said lboundary within said notch for gripping engagement by the fingers of a hand.

While there has been shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied tothe above embodiments, it will-be understood that variousfomissions and substitutions and changes in thev form and details of the device illustrated and its operation may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. A purse for holding coins'comprising a plurality of. coextensive superimposed 'layers olf yieldable, but relatively stiii" and friction-producing material forming together a unitary structure of inner layers and outer layers, all layers being provided at their outer boundary with coextensive inwardly extending spaced apart notches, spaced apartattaching means for joining said inner layers to each other at locations positioned adjacent and laterally ofl said notches, whereby' pockets are formed each having an opening valong each notch and between adjacent parts of said inner layers, each of said pockets being laterally confined by two adjacent attaching means, said outer layers covering said joined inner layers and bein-g connected thereto to reinforce said structure, said attaching means lat-v erally confining a pocket being spaced a predetermined distance to limit the vdepth of each pocket for the reception of a coin, when inserted in one of the pockets, said coin being concealed in said one pocket and extending to said boundary for gripping engagementby the fingers of a hand of a person. V

y 2. A purse for holding coins lcomprising a plurality of coextensive inner layers and outer layers,. Asaidinner layers being made Yof yieldable, friction-producing material `and forming together with said outer layers a unitary structure, all said layers being provided at their outer boundary with inwardly extending coextensive notches, said notches being spaced from one another by theremaining portions of saidl layersjat their outerlboundary, and means joining said inner layers to each other inv-svuperposedrelation and at locations ypositioned adjacent said remaining portions of said inner layersbetween said notches thereof, whereby pockets are formed betweensaid inner layers, each V-pcoket having an opening along the contour of eachnotch and being laterally confined' by said joining means provided on twaadjacent of said locations, said outer layers covering said joined inner layers and friction-producing material and forming together with said outer layers a unitary structure, al1 said layers being provided at their boundary with inwardly extending coextensive notches,V

said notches being spaced apart from one another by the remaining portions of said layers at their outer boundary, each of said remaining" portions of said inner layers being provided with a radially extending cut-out, staples bridging said cutouts and joining said inner layers to each other in superposed relation and at locations positioned adjacent said remaining portions of said inner layers between said notches thereof, said staples maintaining the adjacent edges of the cutouts in contacting relation to contract said inner layers and compress said inner layers toward each other, pockets being formed between said compressed inner layers, each pocket having an opening along the contour of each notch and being laterally confined by said staples, said outer layers covering said inner layers and being connected thereto to reinforce said structure, and said staples being spaced apart a predetermined distance to limit the depth of each pocket yfor the insertion of a coin therein.

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